Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?

As you study for exams, remember it is not the quantity it is the quantity. And remember there is no substitute for pure unadulterated bull

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Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1.   If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.

2.   If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.

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Happy Dussehra to everyone celebrating it today!

Sadhguru: Navaratri, culminating with Dussehra, is a cultural festival of great importance and significance for all. It is a festival that is all about the goddess. In Karnataka, Dussehra is about Chamundi, in Bengal it is about Durga. Like this, it is about various goddesses in different places, but essentially it is about the feminine goddess or the feminine divinity.

Dussehra – The tenth day of celebration

Navaratri is replete with symbolism about vanquishing evil and wanton nature, and about having reverence for all aspects of life and even for the things and objects that contribute to our wellbeing. The nine days of Navaratri are classified as per the three basic qualities of tamas, rajas andsattva. The first three days are tamas, where the goddess is fierce, like Durga and Kali. The next three days are Lakshmi related – gentle but materially oriented goddesses. The last three days are dedicated to Saraswati, which is sattva. It is related to knowledge and enlightenment.

Vijayadashami – The Day of Victory

Investing in these three will make your life in a certain way. If you invest in tamas, you will be powerful in one way. If you invest in rajas, you will be powerful in a different way. If you invest in sattva, you will be powerful in a completely different way. But if you go beyond all this, it is no longer about power, it is about liberation. After Navaratri, the tenth and final day is Vijayadashami – that means you have conquered all these three qualities. You did not give into any of them, you saw through every one of them. You participated in every one of them, but you did not invest in any one of them. You won over them. That is Vijayadashami, the day of victory. This brings home the message of how being in reverence and gratitude towards everything that matters in our lives leads to success and victory.

Dussehra – Devotion and Reverence

It is my wish and my blessings that all of you should celebrate Dussehra with total involvement, joy and love.

Of the many things that we are in touch with, of the many things that contribute in making and creating our lives, the most important devices that we employ in making a success of our lives are our own body and mind. Being in reverence towards the very earth that you walk upon, towards the air that you breathe, the water that you drink, the food that you eat, the people that you come in touch with and everything else that you use, including your body and mind, will lead us to a different possibility as to how we can live. Being in a state of reverence and devotion towards all these aspects is a way of ensuring success in every endeavor that we partake in.

Celebrate Dussehra With Joy & Love

Traditionally, in Indian culture, Dussehra was always full of dances, where the whole community mixed, met and mingled. But because of external influences and invasions over the past two hundred years, we have lost that today. Otherwise Dussehra was always very vibrant. Even now it is still so in many places, but it is being lost in the rest of the country. We have to bring it back. The Vijayadashami or Dussehra festival is of a tremendous cultural significance for all who live in this land – irrespective of their caste, creed or religion – and should be celebrated with gaiety and love. It is my wish and my blessings that all of you should celebrate Dussehra with total involvement, joy and love.

Editor’s Note: Celebrate Navaratri with us at the Isha Yoga Center from October 13 – 22, 2015. Each day of Navaratri includes special abhishekams, poojas, Maha Aratis followed by classical dance and music performances every night.

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Entrevista com Roberto Murawski. .

Poderia fazer um breve resumo da sua vida profissional e nos contar como se tornou professor de Língua Inglesa?

Tornei-me professor de Inglês de forma acidental. Assim o digo pois já possuía outra profissão e nunca havia cogitado lecionar profissionalmente. Ocorre que, em virtude da incessante busca em manter o nível e fluência até então adquiridos depois de mais de 20 anos estudando a língua e vivido no exterior (Inglaterra e Canadá), passar a ensinar revelou-se um processo natural e eficaz a fim de atingir este desiderato. Após obter titulação internacional (Cambridge – CAE) alguns familiares insistiram para que eu ministrasse aulas particulares e assim foi o início deste ofício que exerço juntamente com a minha outra profissão.

Como aprendeu inglês? Usou algum método especifico? Qual a sua opinião em relação ao ensino de línguas estrangeiras no Brasil?

A minha experiência com a língua foi iniciada na infância (12 anos de idade) e perdura até a presente data (35 anos atualmente). Neste ínterim estudei em diversas escolas de Inglês, tais como Fisk, College, Cultura Inglesa, PLI (Canadá) e Edgware Academy (Inglaterra).

No tocante à minha opinião sobre o ensino de línguas estrangeiras no Brasil, acredito que não possuo embasamento, tampouco dados para tecer profundas considerações sobre o tema proposto. Todavia, é notável que, na escola pública, o ensino da língua Inglesa deixa muito a desejar.

Você já estudou outro idioma?

Sim. Estudei Francês (Aliança Francesa), nível intermediário.

Quais os planos para a vida profissional? E como a língua inglesa se encaixa em tais planos? Já pensou em estudar Letras?

Os planos para o futuro profissional no que cerne a língua Inglesa consistem em manter ou quiçá, aprimorar minhas habilidades com a língua bem como desenvolver minha capacidade de transferir todo o conhecimento que adquiri no decorrer destes anos.

Como é o seu relacionamento com os outros colegas de profissão, costuma participar de encontros, congressos, workshops com outros professores?

Como ministro aulas particulares não tenho contato com outros professores. Conheço alguns professores e esporadicamente conversamos sobre o ofício, métodos de ensino, material didático, etc.

Como é Roberto Murawski professor e como foi esse mesmo Roberto Murawski aluno?

Acredito que mantenho as mesmas características tanto no papel de aluno como de professor. Sempre fui estudioso e esforçado, curioso e inquisitivo, e acima de tudo, perseverante. Entretanto, confesso que na qualidade de professor, novos desafios têm surgido, uma vez que, não basta ter vasto conhecimento da língua, é preciso, antes de tudo, ter a capacidade de transmitir este conhecimento.

Quais são as maiores dificuldades no ensino de inglês na região onde você atua?

Falta de material didático disponível nas livrarias locais.

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Do you happen to know what ‘hit the books’ means?

This is going to be a very short post. Do you know what ‘hit the books’ means?

No?

Read the examples:

“I gotta go home and hit the books. I have finals next week.”

“I can't go out tonight. I've got to hit the books.”

To ‘hit the books’ means ‘to begin to study hard’

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What is the difference between a professor, a teacher and a lecturer?

A ‘teacher’ is a generic term, but it usually refers to schools. ‘Lectures’ and ‘professors’ tend to teach at universities. Most people in teaching jobs at universities are lectures, but if their careers go well they can be promoted to a professorship.

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Mês dos professores BrELT: entrevista com Bruna Caltabiano e Bruno Coriolano

Concedi uma minientrevista no BrELT. Vejam a entrevista:

Hoje é dia de Brunx! Não, Brunx não é uma cidade da qual você nunca ouviu falar ou o nome de uma celebração Celta. É a nossa brincadeira com o tal do –x para representar o gênero neutro é para dizer que hoje é o dia da Bruna e do Bruno.

Os Brunxs representam figuras muito interessantes da nossa indústria de ensino de inglês.

Bruna Caltabiano é uma empreendedora. Sabe aquele ditado que diz ‘Não está satisfeito? Faz melhor!’. Pois é, Bruna é co-fundadora e diretora acadêmica da Catalbiano idiomas. A Bruna foi lá e fez!

Bruno Coriolano é, dentre outras coisas, um acadêmico. Com um currículo invejável, Bruno provavelmente é um desses professores que não vai aceitar algo só porque alguém disse que é assim. O Bruno estuda, estuda muito.

Em que contextos você atua?

Bruna Caltabiano: Sou co-fundadora e diretora acadêmica da Caltabiano Idiomas. Também dou aulas, o que é a minha verdadeira paixão!

Bruno Coriolano: Sou mestrando do PPGI – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Atualmente dedico-me apenas aos estudos acadêmicos (Stricto sensu).

O que motivou você a seguir carreira no ensino de inglês?

Bruna Caltabiano: Sempre sonhei em ser professora de inglês. Quando criança, comprava meus livros da escola regular em uma rede de franquias de inglês. Eu tinha acabado de aprender a ler (tinha uns 7 anos) quando peguei um livreto desta escola que dizia que quem fosse bom aluno no nível avançado poderia ingressar no curso de professores e dar aulas lá. Desde então sonhava em ser professora de Inglês.

Bruno Coriolano: Basicamente a paixão pela língua. Depois, com o passar dos anos, fui gostando da ideia de ser professor e hoje tento me manter informado para poder conciliar, em um futuro próximo, duas funções: Professor e pesquisador.

Como foi sua trajetória profissional?

Bruna Caltabiano: Comecei a dar aulas nesta mesma escola do livreto vermelho, o CCAA, aos 19 anos. Foi uma grande emoção quando, após alguns anos, fui convidada a lecionar o curso de professores que eu tanto sonhava em fazer. Trabalhei no CCAA por mais de 10 anos , atuando como professora e coordenadora.

No CCAA conheci meu sócio. Iniciamos uma parceria com a Santa Casa de SP onde ministramos cursos para estudantes de medicina e médicos. Foi assim que a ideia da Caltabiano Idiomas surgiu, mesmo que ainda tímida. Em 2011 abrimos a escola oficialmente e desde então temos diversos cursos, para alunos e professores de inglês.

Bruno Coriolano: Sou especialista em língua Inglesa pela Faculdade Vale do Jaguaribe (FVJ). Tenho certificação Internacional (TEFL/TESOL). Graduado em Letras – Língua Inglesa e suas respectivas literaturas pela Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN). Tenho treze anos de experiência em ensino de Língua Inglesa, já tendo atuado em várias instituições, como o Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN), campus Mossoró, no Departamento de Línguas Estrangeiras (DLE) na Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte – UERN, Campus Central. Tenho experiência profissional nos Estados Unidos da América, onde residi nas cidades de Atlantic City e Brigantine Beach, ambas no estado de New Jersey.

Por que você participa da BrELT?

Bruna Caltabiano: Participo da BrELT porque gosto de estar em contato com colegas e trocar ideias e experiências.

Bruno Coriolano: Gosto da troca de experiências.

No que a BrELT auxilia/auxiliou no sua formação profissional?

Bruna Caltabiano: A troca de ideias é essencial na formação do professor. É isso que mais gosto da BrELT – ajudar e ser ajudada!

Bruno Coriolano: Acredito que a comunidade contribui muito para nosso aprendizado de forma contínua por meio dos chats, trocas de ideias, indicações de material, etc.

Moderação BrELT: Obrigado, Bruna e Bruno! Temos certeza de que suas histórias inspirarão muitos professores.

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Start writing fiction Start writing fiction

Introduction

This free course looks at how characters might be drawn and how setting is established. It works on the different levels of characterization, from flat to round, and how character and place interact. It also works on the effect of genre and how genre can be used.

The main teaching material in this course is taken from an existing publication, The Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich (1995).

Novakovich is an award-winning writer (of short stories mainly), who teaches fiction writing at the University of Cincinnati. His chapters on ‘Character’ and ‘Setting’ are included within this course. I'll indicate when you should read these extracts and I'll also outline the listening and writing activities that accompany them.

This course is split into the following sections:

•      Character

•      Setting

·         Genre

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Undercover Bosses

Quite recently, a Brazilian television network started to show a new TV series in one of its programs – a weekly television newsmagazine broadcast on the nights of Sundays also known as The Show of the Life.

The program is actually based on a television franchise series created by Stephen Lambert called Undercover Boss.

I have watched a lot of them and I must say that they are interesting, but as you watch them over and over they get sort of boring.

Nonetheless, I would like to share with you some of the best (in my opinion) episodes. I do hope you guys like them. I particularly liked the idea of the experiences of senior executives – CEO and presidents – working undercover in their own companies in order to investigate how their firms work on a daily basis and to identify how they can be improved, as well as to reward hard-working employees.

You will meet a lot of interesting people with equally interesting histories.

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